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Kunyan Zhang
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Research
Latest papers
Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) Natural Excision Frequencies and Its Contributing Factors in Variant SCCmec Type Prototypic Strains.
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
Oxacillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic bursitis identified following clinical failure with β-lactam therapy: A case report.
Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2025
Comprehensive Molecular and Epidemiological Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitis in Water Buffalo of the Peshawar Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $194,988
Development of A New Multiplex PCR (M-PCR) Assay for Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Directly from Clinical Samples
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
- $9,961
Development of A New Multiplex PCR (M-PCR) Assay for Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Directly from Clinical Samples
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
46 publications.
Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) Natural Excision Frequencies and Its Contributing Factors in Variant SCCmec Type Prototypic Strains.
Mirza S, Fine L, McClure JA, Kim J, Conly JM, Zhang K
Oxacillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic bursitis identified following clinical failure with β-lactam therapy: A case report.
Kipp A, McClure JA, Pitout JDD, Zhang K, Powell JN, Conly J
Comprehensive Molecular and Epidemiological Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitis in Water Buffalo of the Peshawar Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Javed S, McClure JA, Ullah I, Ali S, Ejaz M, Tabassum S, Syed MA, Zhang K
Molecular Evolution and Pathogenicity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Zhang K
The Role of Prophage ϕSa3 in the Adaption of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 Sublineages from Human to Animal Hosts.
Saei HD, McClure JA, Kashif A, Chen S, Conly JM, Zhang K
Baseline prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in patients who develop a surgical site infection in hip and knee replacements: A brief report.
Whelan L, Leal J, Barkema HW, Leslie M, McClure JA, Zhang K, May ER
Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus causing bovine mastitis in water buffaloes from the Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Javed S, McClure J, Syed MA, Obasuyi O, Ali S, Tabassum S, Ejaz M, Zhang K
Characterizing a Novel Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec with a Composite Structure from a Clinical Strain of Staphylococcus hominis, C34847.
McClure JA, Conly JM, Zhang K
Staphylococcus aureus ST59: Concurrent but Separate Evolution of North American and East Asian Lineages.
McClure JA, Lakhundi S, Niazy A, Dong G, Obasuyi O, Gordon P, Chen S, Conly JM, Zhang K
A Murine Skin Infection Model Capable of Differentiating the Dermatopathology of Community-Associated MRSA Strain USA300 from Other MRSA Strains.
Zhang J, Conly J, McClure J, Wu K, Petri B, Barber D, Elsayed S, Armstrong G, Zhang K
Development of A New Multiplex PCR (M-PCR) Assay for Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Directly from Clinical Samples
Principal investigators: Zhang, Kunyan; Conly, John M
Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Molecularly Microlbiological Diagnosis
Development of A New Multiplex PCR (M-PCR) Assay for Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Directly from Clinical Samples
Principal investigators: Zhang, Kunyan
Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Molecularly Microbiological Diagnosis
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Kunyan Zhang and John Conly: 8 shared papers
- John Conly and Jenine Leal: 7 shared papers
- Paul Kubes and John Conly: 3 shared papers
- John Conly and Myles Leslie: 3 shared papers
- Paul Kubes and Kunyan Zhang: 2 shared papers
- Kunyan Zhang and Alejandra Ugarte Torres: 2 shared papers
- Deirdre Church and Alejandra Ugarte Torres: 2 shared papers
- Myles Leslie and Jenine Leal: 2 shared papers
- Michael Surette and Kunyan Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Michael Surette and John Conly: 1 shared paper
- Kunyan Zhang and Deirdre Church: 1 shared paper
- Kunyan Zhang and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
- Kunyan Zhang and Jenine Leal: 1 shared paper
- John Conly and Deirdre Church: 1 shared paper
- John Conly and Alejandra Ugarte Torres: 1 shared paper
- Medicine
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Community Health Sciences
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
John Conly
Medicine
8 shared papers, latest 2025
Alejandra Ugarte Torres
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Paul Kubes
Physiology and Pharmacology
2 shared papers, latest 2014
Deirdre Church
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2006
Jenine Leal
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Myles Leslie
Department of Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Michael Surette
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2012
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